I remember when I was still in high school. I first heard the song “Only In My Dreams” and i loved it instantly. I found out that it was from a young girl who was raised in Long Island, New York. I bought her first cassette …

Crush, released in 2000, was Bon Jovi’s first album this decade. It was also the first album by the band that I bought, and indeed the first rock album I bought, sparking alight my love of music. I hold it then, in high regard, but I know …

I guess I can never get tired of James Blunt’s songs. I do think that he is one of the few singers who can seriously sing and at the same time mean his songs.
From the lyrics to the melody to the delivery, James Blunt’s music really touches my …

.Off the Mechanical Resonance album by Tesla is the song Cummin Atcha Live. This song starts out with an awesome guitar dual as the intro with tons of solo licks some tapping stuff and feedback. Then it goes into the actually song which is pretty basic power chords but …

March Of The Pigs is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Downward Spiral. The track opens up with a quick and driving rhythm before other instrumentation joins in along with Reznor’s vocal delivery. I’ll point out right now that thus far, the band …

KISS
A rock and roll classic! One of the best LP’s of the 1970’s.
This was the bands first album and it debuted in 1973 and no one bought it (it ended up going platinum after the band became a worldwide sensation) An underrated masterpiece.
1973 was too early for the world …

The Timeless Favorites: Lerner & Loewe CD comes courtesy of Reader’s Digest Music and gives us 20 tracks of famous songs composed by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. These are well known, much beloved songs from the stage and screen.
The journey begins with Robert Peterson’s masterful rendition …

It’s the way you make me feel is one of my favorite songs of the band Steps. I first saw this video in MTV and I really like it from the start. Since then I’ve always been a fan of steps and became even more upon hearing this song. …

I just think that this is pure class as a song. The male vocals are really good. They are passionate and have real emotion after what is quite a steady start to the song.
It is a song that you need to give a little time because it does warm …

When I first heard this song I almost wrote a letter to Eden’s Edge asking if they wrote this song for me. Every line of this song is parrelel with my experiences. I had never heard of this band before this song. I saw it as one of the …

Of all the bands to come out of the garage-rock revival of the early 2000s, The Strokes were probably the best — at least in their initial effort. Regarded as the then-newest saviors of rock and roll, The Strokes fashioned distinctly post-modern rock and roll. The dueling guitars, a …

This is the band’s second album, and first major label album released on Roadrunner Records in late January of 2008 and the summer of 2007 in the UK. The album was produced by Bob Marlette. The band is obviously draws much of their inspiration from AC/DC, this isn’t so …

You’ll love this song forever! Yes, bad pun. But this song is really cool! The song, a little over 6 minutes, is addicting. Blast in on you iPod, hiss a “yes” when you hear it on the radio, play in at your party. I know I’ve been listening to …

Strawberry Fields Forever is a song by The Beatles which appears on their most psychedelic work, Magical Mystery Tour. The song starts off with a very melodic sound which sounds almost as if the song were in a dream before Lennon comes in gently with the vocals as this …

Rip This Joint is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Exile On Main Street. The song starts off with a pretty fast guitar part before the song builds up even further and Jagger comes in with a very quick vocal delivery, from the start …

Overview - Metallica’s debut album, Kill ‘Em All, is an album that I would consider to be a break through for thrash metal and an extremely innovative album. Despite this, the album is far from perfect and extremely far from what Metallica was truly capable of, as they proved …

The first time I heard this song was when I was nine and you would not imagine that age I certainly understood what this song is all about. Don’t forget me is an old song coming from Captain and Tennille the husband and wife team. This is a good …

Puff Daddy ft. The LOX, Lil’ Kim, Foo Fighters, and Notorious B.I.G.
“It’s All About The Benjamins (Rock Remix)”
No Way Out
Bad Boy Records
Director: Spike Jonze
Puff Daddy is all about being spontaneous, isn’t he? Always trying to take things to the next level by doing something you would least expect him …

If you feel too old to rock music, then leave this kind of music. Please note, the mighty Motorhead Kiss Of Death release that is album from their 31 year existence in the music industry. Looks like Lemmy and his colleagues support extraordinary spirit of playing music. Stay strong …

Sounds of the Earth: Waterfall - Sounds Of The Earth Series is an audio CD that does not sound like much as it only offers the constant sound of waterfalls. However, I find that listening to the sound of falling water to be quite relaxing and pleasant. The recording …

Blackout is a track by Muse which appears on Absolution. The first thing I want to say about Blackout is that the introduction to this song is the one of the best sections of music that I’ve ever heard Muse write, at least the best out of all the …

Overview —“ Holiday, the third music video released by Green Day for their album American Idiot is pretty much the prequel to the music video, and song, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. I’m not really sure why Green Day chose to release Boulevard of Broken Dreams before Holiday since Holiday …

Sting is a very famous singer in the world. But in China, most of people don’t know him well or even don’t hear his name. As a Chinese, I heart his name from the film ‘Leon-The Professional’. Sting sang the theme song ’shape of my heart’ about it. I …

Before the album was released, a few years ago, Motley Crue fans have so long waited for this group to return to the reunion. I am sure, this group would know what the fans wanted. Therefore, Motley Crue have returned with the album Red, White & Crue. This album …

Til I Forget About You is what really made me like Big Time Rush. Being one of the first songs I heard by them, I am not easy to please with music by all means but by the second time I was listening to this song I loved it! …

Yesterday’s Papers is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on Between The Buttons. Something interesting about Yesterday’s Papers is that the track has sort of a psychedelic sound to it. For one, the background vocals seem to have sort of a fade in and out effect which …

Pink Floyd has been my favorite band since I was a teenager in the 1980s. Throughout the years, this band has produced so many beautiful and melodic sounds. I can recall so many times where my friends and I have just made a night out of mellowing out to …

Bill Conti conducts the London Symphony Orchestra on this CD of his original scores from two wonderful projects. The first is the movie The Right Stuff, an inspiring movie about the first nine astronauts as the space program began in the United States. The second is the …

The Mob Rules is a song by Black Sabbath which appears on their album of the same name. Opening up with a quick and aggressive riff from Tony Iommi, Dio can be heard in the background with a scream before the rest of the band also comes in and …

Remember the movie, Coyote Ugly..? And the soundtrack of the movie that features the most loveliest song in the movie titled, Can’t fight the moonlight by Lee Ann Rimes?
Yes, that upbeat song from the sexy and gorgeous-blonde Lee Ann Rimes. I just can’t get over this …

Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the eighth song on their debut album On Avery Island. Opening up immediately with Magnum’s voice along with a rhythm guitar and drum beat behind him, the song takes on a fairly more aggressive sound than any …

You’re Dead is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record United Abominations. This track starts off with a nice descending riff which works pretty well before going into the first verse of the track which features Mustaine utilizing a melody which is average at best and nothing …

I actually first heard the voice of Jileen from her site http://www.jilleen.com/music.html . I was impressed with her voice so with that good impression I decided to buy her latest album from the House of Jubal. The album is “Summon Your Power”. I thought the selections …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Freakum Dress”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
“Freakum Dress” is another single and music video from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day” although I am not sure where exactly this particular single/video falls within the previous line-up (the others being “Deja Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, “Irreplaceable”, “Upgrade U”, “Beautiful Liar”, “Suga Mama”, …

Little Ghost is a song by The White Stripes which appears on their album Get Behind Me Satan. The track opens up with a simple rhythm which features some outside instrumentation and also has the vocals join in the track pretty much immediately as well. What I like immediately …

I have to admit that N-Dubz make me laugh both with their behaviour and their dress sense but the more I hear their music the more I appreciate what they do and it’s mad to think that such good music can come from this band but they do it.
Playing …

My Violent Heart is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on the record Year Zero. The song opens up with a very eerie rhythm played on a synthesizer which certainly gives the track an industrial feel. Reznor quickly joins in with his vocals and adds to the …

Rising from the ashes of Boston rock group The Umpteens, former front man Don Lennon has crafted a collection of songs marking his debut cult-classic album “Maniac”. Sharing the same surname as a former Beatle, although it may be a pseudonym, it is certain he would have made John …

Avril Lavigne has been in the music industry for quite a while now. I remember when her first hit single —˜Complicated’ was released and I can also remember singing along to it! I heard it on the radio today and it brought this album to the front of my mind …

The Potion by Ludacris is a song that has an awesome beginning and I like it a lot. The songs words are a little bit weird but me and my friends love it. The song is most definitely different than most. This song is off of step up 2 …

This film is directed by Imtiyaz Ali and music has been composed by preetam the cast includes Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapur in the leads. This album has a youth appeal and most of the songs are young, peppy and energetic mauja he mauja is sung by mika singh …

¡Viva La Gloria! is a song by Green Day which is the fourth track on their most recent album, 21st Century Breakdown. The song opens up with a very melodic piano line at a fair tempo which Armstrong begins to sing over with an equally melodic sound. I can’t …

Jay-Z
“Change Clothes”
The Black Album
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z decides to throw his thug life out the window and make videos for homosexuals. “Change Clothes” is the first single and music video off of his eighth and purposed final album titled “The Black Album”, but we all know that wasn’t the case being …

I thought that the 1994 Illmatic by rapper Nas was a classic and is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. At the time, Nas was a relatively unknown artist and west coast gangsta rap artists were dominating the hip hop scene such as Dr. Dre, …

In the song Montana off the Apostrophe album Zappa explains his life as if he were a cattle rancher in the state of Montana. The vocals in this song are interesting because Frank utilizes a lot of metaphors like dental floss being compared to rope it’s kind of funny. …

One day while I was at Guitar Center, I was looking for a guitar amp to use in small gigs at my place and for recording. I needed something that could be turned up extremely loud without any static, cracking, or risk of breaking. It also needed to produce …

It’s every musician’s dream to go on the road and tour. But that also means he has to subject his beloved gear to the rigorous tortures of travel. It’s always a wise move to invest in a guitar case that could help prevent your gear from sustaining …

I have always liked classical music such as cellos and violins but I had never heard anything like this. Cellos and Metallica?? Who would of guessed. But these guys, Apocalyptica, they pulled it off. On this CD these four guys with their cellos cover songs by Metallica. I …

Who would have thought that a 20 year-old guy from the land down under would deliver the album I always wanted to hear?
Troye Sivan is an openly gay singer from Perth, Australia. He released his debut album last week, it is called “Blue Neighbourhood”, from the lyrics of the …